Relegation-threatened Aston Villa take on West Brom, Hull City host Sunderland and Southampton will look to bounce back against Crystal Palace in Tuesday's Premier League fixtures.

As Villa prepare for the first of two Midlands derbies in a week -- Tuesday's league game followed by Saturday's FA Cup quarterfinal -- there is no denying that opponents West Brom have clear supremacy in one area: the art of decision making.

Where Villa procrastinated and kept faith for far longer than was sensible or logical with Paul Lambert, giving a failing manager another transfer window, West Brom acted decisively to replace Alan Irvine with Tony Pulis on Jan. 1st.

Aston Villa sunk further into the relegation zone courtesy of a game-winning goal from Papiss Cisse.

Aston Villa manager laments his side's 1-0 loss that keeps them in the relegation zone.

It seems that Villa have found the perfect recipe for relegation: don't score, don't win games and concede easy, sloppy goals. Saturday's 1-0 defeat at Newcastle was a seventh consecutive loss in the league, and while Tim Sherwood's side worked hard to create goal-scoring chances, the hosts converted one simple opening to take the points.

A cross into the penalty area, a slip by a Villa defender -- against Stoke it was Ron Vlaar who failed to deal with a ball into the box; this time it was Jores...

Here are the 5 best saves from Week 26 in the Premier League including Brad Guzan's one-handed stop.

Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood has stated the club need to win six more matches in order to stay in the Premier League come the end of the season. For a team that has won only five so far in 2014-15, that certainly sounds ambitious.

It's a steep target; that's victory in half of the remaining 12 fixtures. Looking at the games to come, it's likely that Sherwood is hedging his bets on Villa winning at St James' Park on Saturday, for starters. Following that are matches against West Brom, Sunderland...

No one said it was going to be easy. Reviving a failing Aston Villa and maintaining the club's status as an ever-present member of the Premier League is no small task, and after his first 90 minutes in charge of the team, new manager Tim Sherwood will have no illusions regarding the size of the job in hand. A 2-1 defeat to Stoke now makes it six successive league losses.

Sherwood's debut started brightly but ended bitterly, with Villa conceding two minutes into injury time. It was an awful goal to...

New Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood spoke about building the confidence of his players and insisted that he had no doubts about joining the club.

The Tim Sherwood era starts Saturday. After what has seemed like a breathless few days, the new manager takes charge for the first time as Aston Villa host Stoke. It is the 11th Premier League fixture since the Midlanders last won a match, and Sherwood needs to hit the ground running.

Sherwood's arrival has certainly breathed new life into not only an ailing team dropping into the relegation zone, but also a club in danger of drifting toward a listless state. The 46-year-old has blown into the...

He has returned. Rising from the debris like a vengeful Bantersaurus, Tim Sherwood is back. And this time he's really mad.

Sherwood has 13 matches to save a dreadful Aston Villa side that has won only two of its last 21 league games and has scored just a single league goal since Christmas. He has but six months of experience as a manager, has yet to complete his UEFA Pro Licence and has such a natural affinity with the players that when he publicly criticised Sandro during his brief spell at Tottenham...